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Disjointed Ways, Disunified Means: Learning from America's Struggle to Build an Afghan Nation (Enlarged Edition) (in English)
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Lewis G. Irwin
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Disjointed Ways, Disunified Means: Learning from America's Struggle to Build an Afghan Nation (Enlarged Edition) (in English) - Irwin, Lewis G. ; War College, U. S. Army ; Institute, Strategic Studies
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Synopsis "Disjointed Ways, Disunified Means: Learning from America's Struggle to Build an Afghan Nation (Enlarged Edition) (in English)"
Remarkably ambitious in its audacity and scope, the North Atlantic Treaty Organization's (NATO) irregular warfare and "nation-building" mission in Afghanistan has struggled to meet its nonmilitary objectives by most tangible measures. Put directly, the alliance and its partners have fallen short of achieving the results needed to create a stable, secure, democratic, and self-sustaining Afghan nation, a particularly daunting proposition given Afghanistan's history and culture, the region's contemporary circumstances, and the fact that no such country has existed there before. Furthermore, given the central nature of U.S. contributions to this NATO mission, these shortfalls also serve as an indicator of a serious American problem as well. Specifically, inconsistencies and a lack of coherence in U.S. Government strategic planning processes and products, as well as fundamental flaws in...